A 6-year-old boy died over the weekend after a large bird bath fell on him as he played in a back yard, authorities said.

Hunter Thomas Mason Brule of Lake Arrowhead died at a hospital several hours after the accident, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner’s Lt. Fred Corral said.

The incident was reported about 5 p.m. Saturday at a home in the 1700 block of Eckhart Avenue in the unincorporated county area known as South San Gabriel, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Tom McNeal said.

The boy was playing in the back yard with a dog when a large concrete bird feeder fell over and landed on his chest, sheriff’s and coroner’s officials said.

An autopsy performed Tuesday concluded the boy died from blunt force trauma to his chest and the death was ruled accidental, Corral said.

Rescuers initially found the boy not breathing, but revived him and rushed him to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, McNeal said. He died from his injuries about 11:30 p.m. Nothing criminal was initially suspected, he said.

LOS ANGELES

Monterey Park parolee sentenced for ID theft

A federal judge Monday sentenced a Monterey Park man who was already on parole for identity theft to 8 years in prison in connection with another identity theft case, officials said.

Robert Delgado, 40, pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and admitted to participating in a scheme in which he and others used other people’s information to obtain credit at stores and make purchases, according to U.S. Attorney’s spokesman Thom Mrozek.

When arrested in March, Delgado was trying to hide a computer hard drive that contained personal information for more than 300,000 people, as well as computer images used to create fake documents, Mrozek said.

“Authorities are continuing to investigate how Delgado came into possession of the 300,000 identity profiles,” he said.

Three other men involved in the fraud have also been guilty and are awaiting sentencing, officials said.

Officials learned of the fraud after a victim reported to the U.S. Post Office that his mail had been put on a vacation hold without his permission, and there were fraudulent charges on a credit card, Mrozek said.

GLENDORA

Police identify elderly couple killed in car wreck

Police on Monday identified a man and woman killed on Friday when their car collided with a tree on Grand Avenue.

Glendora police Lt. Brian Summers said 85-year-old Suk Whang and 80-year-old Chung Whang were killed at about 8:10 a.m. Friday when their Toyota Cressida drifted into the center median and hit a eucalyptus tree in the 1100 block of South Grand Avenue.

Summers said officers found the couple suffering from major injuries and in full cardiac arrest when they arrived on scene. Despite officers’ efforts to revive the pair, both were pronounced dead at Foothill Presbyterian Hospital.

It is not clear what caused the car to drift off the roadway.

AZUSA

Stolen photo albums returned to couple

Azusa police Tuesday returned to their owner a set of wedding photo albums that had been stolen in a home break-in more than a year ago, authorities said.

Police released photos from the wedding albums last week in hopes that someone would recognize the couple pictured and help police return their wedding photos to them, Azusa police Evidence Custodian Patrick Doyle said.

The husband recognized himself and his wife in media coverage over the weekend and called investigators, Cpl. Jorge Sandoval said.

The couple’s home in an unincorporated county area near Covina was broken into last year. A computer, which also contained some wedding photos, and other items were taken from the home, “but nothing as valuable as this,” Sandoval said of the irreplaceable photo albums.

“Apparently, those were the only photos they had,” he said. The other items stolen from their home were not recovered.

A man and woman have since been arrested, convicted and sentenced in connection with that break-in.

WEST COVINA

Home destroyed by fire, no injuries reported

A fire destroyed a home early Tuesday. No one was home at the time, and no one was hurt, authorities said.

The blaze was first reported about 12:45 a.m. at 2644 S. Erica Avenue, West Covina police Lt. Tommy Garcia said.

The cause of the fire was being investigated by the West Covina Fire Department.

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